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Monday, April 30, 2007

What?? Throwing bolts?

So, Jason finally explains to me that "throwing bolts" means putting up your fingers (1st and 4th) while making a fist with the rest of your hand- like you're at a rock show!! So, coolio...now I get it.

We went out to Stanley Park yesterday and rocked the shizznit on the kiddie choo choo train....fun shite! We also ate some killer asians at Azia restaurant near our new digs at Sutton Place. We are rock stars and are ripe for the picking.

We had a piano player by the name of Dave Pickell come in to lay down the tasty jams on one of our songs, Lillian. He's a great player and brought exactly what we needed on the cut, and it only took maybe an hour.

I'm leaving in a few minutes with Zach and Jason (waiting for our runner Adam, good kid) to ride out of the city 20 minutes to Grouse Mtn. to ride the gondola and look out upon the city from the mountain side, instead of the beautiful city side.

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Five A.M. has played hundreds of dates throughout the Western UnitedStates, all with the energy and drive of an original band on a mission.

The group builds its sound around lead singer/songwriter TrentYaconelli, who has the rare ability to write pop songs with a poet's soul.Backing him is a driving rhythm section led by drummer Jed Friesen, anatural born performer and an inventive linguist; bassist Jason McGrath, our talented hero from Napa who also happens to be a mechanic; and percussionist BenjieKushins, a rhythmic dynamo whose small size makes him ideal for longroad trips. Complementing all of this is lead guitarist Zach Hammer whoplays like someone named Zach Hammer should.

Voted "Best Rock Band" three years in a row by audiences in NorthernCalifornia, both of Five A.M.'s CD's were financed by their listeners.Their debut album, "Degress of Falling" was made with over $21,000 of faninvestment. The album launched the group to the forefront of NorthernCalifornia rock bands, receiving regular airplay on radio stations allover the Bay Area. Their single "Paper Bag" stayed in the Top 10 on Mix104.1 FM for three months, alongside Dave Matthews and U2. They alsofound success on the internet as they shot into Cornerband.com'scharts--in both Rock and Pop categories--and stayed in the Top 10 for over ayear. The album has sold over 5,000 copies to date, and was the firstever independent release to be named "CD Pick of the Week" by KRSH 95.9 FM(The Crush) in Santa Rosa.

In 2005, the group completed work on their second CD, "This MorphineLife.” This time the album was realized by the owner of a major BayArea studio, who was so inspired after seeing the band perform live thathe recorded the entire album on spec.

Playing a raw original rock all their own, Five A.M.'s intense liveenergy has brought them into the league of national acts, where they'veopened for Train, Gin Blossoms, Sister Hazel, Dishwalla, Cracker, Guster,Bob Schneider, and Doobie Brother Michael McDonald.

2009 promises to be a huge year for the band. A new project is in theworks to take things to an entirely new level. Keep listening…